Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1887-03-05

LOCALS.

LOCALS.
The bill closing barber shops on Sum
days passed.
Mr.. GEORGE HuNToN has returned
from Chatham, Ont.
The st. Paul customs collections for
February were $18, 600.
Mr.. Fl. w. j.. GREER, of Minneapolis.
was in the city yesterday.
Mrs. ISABELLA PEOPLES, Of Minneapolis
was in the city this week.
THE internal revenue collections for
February amounted to $25, OS2.6l.
Mrs. FL. BRYER has returned from
three months trip to Kalamazoo, Mich.
Mrs. 81. LEWIS, Of Keokuk, Iowa, is in
the city the guest of Mrs. G. Coleman,
of Robert street.
Rev. BIRD WILKINS has received call
to the pastorate of Bethesda Baptist
Church of Chicago.
THREE hundred and forty-six arrests
were made by the police during the
month of February.
Miss Cora FRENCH has returned from
Waukesha, Wis, accompanied by her
aunt, Mrs. M. ]. Brown.
Miss BERTHA HEATHcocK has been act
ing as assistant enrolling clerk at the
Capitol during the past week.
WILLIAM M. ABRAHAMsoN, letter car
rier No. "a, has resigned, to take effect
April /. He will engage in business.
Mr.. Gro. w. WHITE, wife and daugh-
ter, of Leadville, Col, are in the city,
the guests Of Rev. G. s. Jacobs, his
uncle.
Rev. BIRD WILKINS has returned from
his Southern Arp bringing with him a
younger brothsf, Mr.. J. F. Wilkins, of
5 Oxford, Miss.
SERVICES at Pilgrim Baptist Church,
tomorrow, II am. subject: True BENZ
fcence," and at 7:3O pm, subject:
Watching the Tide
RAILWAY mail service, to begin March
LII, has been ordered on the Chicago,
Burlington & Northern railway from
Oregan, Ill, to st. Paul.
$50 The festival and supper given at Pill
grim Baptist Church, Thursday night,
attracted goodly number of people
and was success in every way.
MICHAEL STRoGoFF, Courier to the Car,
and the Minuet Carnival Co., will APP
pear at the Grand Opera House, next
week, for three nights and Wednesday
matinee,
For the month of February the
amount of business transacted by the ST..
Paul postofice amounted to $685., 137. 70,
a decrease of 81, S64.67 over the corre-
spending month last year.
For the month of February the water
board makes the following report:
Balance, $6,87O.33; receipts, $579O.57;
total receipts, sl2, 606.40; total disburse-
ments, IS 80; balance, $7,I5s.5O.
The resignation of Mayor Edmund
Rice, Cong ressman-e from this dis
trict, was reeeiysd by the council Tues
night, and Hon. r. "A. Smith, acting
ediately elected to fill
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styA PATTr combination
L 900 Of the ducats of
sss va ssss les, last Monday even
asen twenty-eight years
hsre fhe first time, then
4 she was Oily tsss cen years of age.
Rev. J. S. WOODS, of Evanston, ILL.,,
was In the city during the past week,
the guest of Rev. G. S. Jacobs. He fill
ed the pulpit of the st. James "A. M. D..
church last Sunday very acceptably.
He left for his home Thursday.
WE are very much pleased with the
fact that during the past week number
of our city subscribers have taken heed
to our notice to delinquent subscribers
and have called at our Office and paid
what is due. There are a few others
who might favor us in the same way.
Call to see us, you will always find us in.
"A NEW brick vault for use in connect
Ion with the office of the register of
deeds is in process Of construction and
will be ready for occupancy by the
middle of March. It is situated imme-
diately south of the main office, and will
be used as depository for the mort
gage records, as well as for the accom-
mediation of portion Of the clerical
force. Further Office AMI vault room
was an absolute necessity for the register
OF deeds, as the present quarters are
thoroughly inadequate for the requisite
force and for the depository of the re-
cords.
Card of Thanks.
The members Of the Young Mems